Former Kogi State Governor Dies At 66

Former Military Administrator of Kogi, Col. Bzigu Akakirya is
dead, aged 66.
According to a member of his family, Prof. Peter Lassa, in a
statement he issued in Lokoja on Monday.
He stated that Akakirya died on Monday morning at an Abuja
hospital.
Born in Lassa village, Askira Uba Local Government of Borno on
July 20, 1949, Afakirya was the Military Administrator of Kogi
from 1996 to 1998.
He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in June 1973 and
served in various posts in Osogbo, Gombe, Nsukka, Abakaliki,
Kainji and Mubi.
Before his appointment as Military Administrator of Kogi, he was
Commander, 241 Recce Batallion, Nguru and member, Yobe
State Executive Council.
He left a wife and children.